Article formed of narrow webbing



Oct. 5, 1926. 1,602,091

(3. F. WITHERBY ARTICLE FORMED OF NARROW WEBBING Filed April 13. 1923Patented Oct. 5, 1926.

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ARTICLE FORMED 0E NARROW wEEBInG.

Application filed A ril 13, 1923; Serialno. 631.784. I

This invention relates to the finishing of narrow strips of textilematerial such as the webbing commonly used in garment supporters and theobject is to provide an im proved construction whereby such strips canbe given an attractive and durable finish and one which will ifnecessary serve as a reinforcement. As an example of my invention I havehere shown an illustrative form thereof applied to the buttonhole loopsof a sus pender end and this application of the 1nvention will bereadily understood by reference to the following description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings. wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a suspender end- Fig. 2 is a view of webfrom which the buttonhole loop is formed; and

Fig. 3 is a section on an enlarged scale on the line 38 of Fig. 1.

For the purposes of illustration I have herein shown the invention .asapplied to a suspender end such as is disclosed in the application ofAlfred M. Ziegler, Serial No. 522,258, filed Dec. 1 1, 1921, andembodying a pair of buttonhole loops 5, each comprising a short piece orstrip of textile webbing having the ends folded around an elastic cord7, embodying a rubber spring with a braided cover, and secured theretoby stitching 9. My invention more particularly relates to providing afinish for the free ends of these pieces of webbing which in the presentinstance serves as a reinforcement preventing the tearing out of thebuttonholes 11 under strain.

Referring to Fig. 2, I have there shown to the end of the web. Thismethod of folding is not in itself novel.

To secure the folded parts of the web in position they .are sewedtogether and this sewing preferably extends throughout a substantialarea ofthe folded portions. To effect this I prefer to utilize stitchesor rows of stitches extending substantially lengthwise of the web andsubstantially parallel to each other and the length of these stitchingsmay be progressively varied so that the stitching forms as a whole atriangular block of stitching corresponding in contour substantially tothe contour of the end of the buttonhole loop beneath the buttonhole,although conveniently smaller in area, and securely darning together thefolded por tions. The stitching 17 is conveniently effected by machineand in this case utilizes a bobbin or thread at the back, but I have notthought it practicable to illustrate in Fig. 3 the use of two threadsbut have merely indicated the stitches 17 in .a more or lessdiagrammatic'fashion. The variation in the length of the stitches may beeffected auto- .matically by the use of a suitable cam on the sewingmachine and it will be noted that they are all applied substantiallyparallel, extending in the same direction, and there is no need for theoperator to turn the work w during the operation. Thus the construction,while being a very strong one, is very rapidly and simply made.

A series of stitchings 17 on the face of the webbing emphasizes thecontour of the end portion thereof and if closely set together have theappearance of embroidery andmay be of .a color contrasting with that ofthe web. A particularly ornamental effect is obtained in the case of .asuspender end of the type herein described wherein the bar of stitching9 and the stitching 17 are made of the same attractive color.

I have described in detail one particular embodiment of my invention asapplied to the construction of a suspender end. Obviously it isadaptable to the finish of the ends of narrow members utilized in othergarment supporters or in other relations whether or not subserving theadditional function of providing a buttonhole reinforcement as in thepresent instance. What I claim as new and desire to secure by LettersPatent I shall express in the following claims.

Claims:

1. In an article of the class described, a strip having a buttonholetherein and portions folded inwardly and substantially to thelongitudinal median line of the strip providing an end of multiplethickness, the

thicknesses of the end being secured toand in alignment with thebuttonhole securingthe several plies together thereby to utilize theinwardly folded portions as a reinforcement.

2. In an article of the class described, a strip having a buttonholetherein, an end of multiple thickness beyond the buttonhole presentingportions inwardly folded substantially to the longitudinal median lineof the strip and providing additional plies and a block of parallellongitudinal stitches beyond and in alignmentwith the buttonholeextending through the end and the extra plies thereof and securing themtogether whereby to utilize said additional plies as a reinforcement.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

CLEVELAND F. WITHERBY.

